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CNN lays off more than 40

CNN and HLN laid off more than 40 journalists at the end of 2013, according to a new report from the Financial Times.

More than half of the layoffs came from HLN in November, as our colleagues at Capital New York reported at the time. According to FT, many of the staff in other bureaus who were laid off were close to retirement.

A CNN spokesperson told FT it would add about 100 people to the staff this year, and that the network was investing in journalism.

“We’re expanding the definition of news,” she said. “We’re not abandoning news by any stretch of the imagination . . . there will be more people working at CNN today than last year."

CNN President Jeff Zucker recently announced plans to dedicate more of CNN's air time to documentaries and unscripted reality series like Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown."